MFC 23

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title: "MFC 23" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["maximum-fighting-championship-events", "2009-in-mixed-martial-arts", "mixed-martial-arts-in-canada", "sports-competitions-in-alberta", "december-2009-sports-events-in-canada", "2009-in-sports-in-alberta", "enoch-cree-nation"] description: "Maximum Fighting Championship MMA event in 2009" topic_path: "geography/canada" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MFC_23" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Maximum Fighting Championship MMA event in 2009 ::

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Field	Value
name	MFC 23: Unstoppable
promotion	Maximum Fighting Championship
date	December 4th, 2009
venue	River Cree Resort and Casino
city	Enoch, Alberta
previousevent	MFC 22: Payoff
followingevent	MFC 24: HeatXC
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|name=MFC 23: Unstoppable |promotion=Maximum Fighting Championship |date=December 4th, 2009 |venue=River Cree Resort and Casino |city=Enoch, Alberta |previousevent=MFC 22: Payoff |followingevent=MFC 24: HeatXC MFC 23: Unstoppable was a mixed martial arts event held by the Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC) on December 4, 2009, at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch, Alberta. The main event featured former UFC contender Thales Leites taking on fellow UFC veteran Dean Lister. The co-main event featured Jason MacDonald taking on Solomon Hutcherson. The event aired live on HDNet.

Fight Card

| Middleweight | Thales Leites | def. | Dean Lister | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | | Middleweight | Jason MacDonald | def. | Emanuel Newton | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | This fight was originally scored a split draw (28–28, 29–28, 28–29), but it turned out to be an error on the judges scorecard, the mistake was later fixed, and MacDonald was, in fact, awarded the victory. | Middleweight | Bryan Baker | def. | Art Santore | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | | Light Heavyweight | Dwayne Lewis | def. | Marvin Eastman | KO (Punch) | 1 | 4:58 | | Welterweight | Jesse Juarez | def. | Joe Christopher | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | | Heavyweight | Nick Penner | def. | Ryan Fortin | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 2 | 3:31 | | Lightweight | Ryan Machan | def. | Kajan Johnson | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 3:30 | | Lightweight | Billy Hua | def. | Kenny Hamilton | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 0:20 |

References

References

1. "MFC 23". Maximumfighting.com.
2. "MFC 23 – Unstoppable". Sherdog.com.
3. "HDNet Fights Presents: MFC 23: Unstoppable LIVE". HDNet.

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